Ex-Pantera and current Down vocalist Phil Anselmo is at home in New Orleans recovering from knee surgery. Once Anselmo recovers, DOWN will make a number of European festival appearances this summer before embarking on one more run of shows in select U.S. markets in August/September. The group wi...

When Down was in Tel Aviv, Israel on July 14th, vocalist Phil Anselmo (formerly of Pantera) performed an acoustic cover of Alice in Chains "Nutshell". A fan caught the performance on camera and posted the clip online. Check it out below. The band is planning on releasing its next album by m...

Phil Anselmo spoke to students at Loyola University in New Orleans. The former Pantera vocalist did not hold back any punches and spoke openly about his drug addiction, sobriety, Rex Rocker's alcohol addiction resulting in the bass player having pancreatitis, the media and how they affected his...

Former Pantera / Superjoint Ritual frontman Phil Anselmo made an appearance at Detroit's Kronk Festival yesterday and offered fans a sneak preview of the upcoming documentary, "Down - Diary of a Mad Band". The documentary follows the band on their first European tour and is scheduled f...

Down guitarist Pepper Keenan reportedly hit vocalist Phil Anselmo in the head with a guitar Thursday night, when the former Pantera frontman proceeded to bleed heavily across the stage. Impressively, the band did not stop their set, continuing through the entire gig. Skid Row guitarist Dave &q...

Fan-filmed footage of Down performing in Bilbao, Spain over the weekend has been posted online. The band, featuring former Pantera frontman Phil Anselmo, was headlining the Kristonfest festival, where they were joined by Corrosion of Conformity, Eyehategod and Church of Misery. Check out th...

USA Today is reporting that former Pantera bassist Rex "Rocker" Brown, 48, is in deep with the tax man. The IRS has filed five tax liens against Brown, totaling $449,567 in unpaid taxes. The latest and largest lien was filed in January and amounts to $210,157. A sixth lien for $72,695 was released i...

Down debuted a new song at its gig in Asheville, North Carolina this week, and a fan filmed the performance and posted it to YouTube. Check out the track below. Titled "The Misfortune Teller," the song is the first taste of Down's upcoming EP, which is tentatively slated to hit stores som...

Former Pantera frontman Phil Anselmo sat down for a chat with Artisan News last week at the Rock on the Range festival in Columbus, Ohio. The interview has been posted online and can be viewed below. Down began work late last year on a series of four EPs, which the band will drop at a rate of one per year....

Hard rock favorites Down began working last October on a series of EPs to be released a year apart. The first in that series, appropriately titled "EP One," will arrive in stores on September 18th, accoridng to an announcement made Monday. Check out the track list for the set below, as we...

Bassist Rex 'Rocker' Brown (Pantera), who left the band DOWN and is now playing with Kill Devil Hill (featuring Vinnie Appice), rejoined Phil Anselmo (Pantera) and his former bandmates for two classic DOWN songs, "Stone the Crow" and "Bury Me in Smoke". The show took place...

Former Pantera and current Down frontman Phil Anselmo sat down recently for a lengthy interview with Jeff Blackburn, Michael Strong and Dom Rini of the Maximum Threshold radio show. Listen to the interview in the YouTube clip below. Anselmo covers a variety of topics in the 24-minute video, incl...